Let’s face it, the Republicans from a decade ago, who valued fiscal conservatism, have been mostly kicked out of the party by the so-called “moderates”, and President Bush is one of those moderates responsible. And the voters in this country are more than happy with this trend, as is evidenced by the more centrist Democrats being kicked out of their Party as well. Government spending is the default policy of both parties for the foreseeable future. Bush can hardly be considered a failure in this regard.
Let’s face it, the Republicans from a decade ago, who valued fiscal conservatism, have been mostly kicked out of the party by the so-called “moderates”, and President Bush is one of those moderates responsible. And the voters in this country are more than happy with this trend, as is evidenced by the more centrist Democrats being kicked out of their Party as well. Government spending is the default policy of both parties for the foreseeable future. Bush can hardly be considered a failure in this regard.The main thing is that so few of his policy goals were enacted. Social security reform? No. Amnesty? Whooops! etc...